Jamie Dimon

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News about Jamie Dimon, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Jul. 2, 2014

Corporate leaders have wrestled with how — or whether — to go public about health problems. How much to disclose, and when, involves delicate corporate and personal decisions for which there are few hard rules. MORE

Jul. 1, 2014

In an email to the bank’s employees and shareholders, Mr. Dimon said that doctors discovered the cancer at an early stage. MORE

Feb. 9, 2014

A top Chinese regulator directly asked Jamie Dimon, the bank’s chief executive, for a “favor” to hire a young job applicant, a confidential email shows. The applicant, a family friend of the regulator, now works at JPMorgan. MORE

Feb. 1, 2014

James B Stewart Common Sense column on decision by JPMorgan Chase's board to award chief executive Jamie Dimon compensation of $20 million, or 74 percent raise, for year in which bank narrowly escaped criminal guilty plea and paid more than $20 billion in regulatory fines and penalties; says in world of Wall Street executive compensation, pay raise recommended for Dimon is not only defensible, but laudable. MORE

Jan. 23, 2014

In a series of contentious meetings, JPMorgan Chase’s board voted to give Jamie Dimon a new pay package after his pay was cut in half last year, to $11.5 million. MORE

Oct. 20, 2013

A tentative $13 billion settlement between JPMorgan and the Justice Department was a result of extensive personal outreach from Jamie Dimon, the bank’s chief executive, to the Justice Department. MORE

Oct. 20, 2013

Mounting legal problems have so far left Jamie Dimon unscathed at the helm of JPMorgan Chase. MORE

Oct. 14, 2013

Regulators and investors seem to disagree with recent calls for the ouster of the head of JPMorgan over the bank’s expensive legal troubles. MORE

Sep. 26, 2013

Jamie Dimon, the chief executive of JPMorgan Chase, met with the attorney general to discuss a deal that would involve a fine of more than $7 billion, plus $4 billion in relief for struggling homeowners. MORE

Sep. 21, 2013

Joe Nocera Op-Ed column recounts how JPMorgan Chase went from best-managed bank with an admirable chief executive in Jamie Dimon to becoming a pinata for government regulators, racking up total of $1.3 billion in fines in one day; contends reason is bank was never as well-managed as it appeared and now regulators are finally getting serious. MORE

May. 29, 2013

The recent vote at JPMorgan to preserve Jamie Dimon’s dual role as chief and chairman suggests that shareholders may be part of the problem. MORE

May. 26, 2013

Jeff Sommers Strategies column observes that JPMorgan Chase shareholders approved dual role of Jamie Dimon as chief executive officer and chairman, while Apple's chief Timothy D Cook received praise from senators at a hearing on firm's strategies to avoid taxes. MORE

May. 22, 2013

JPMorgan Chase is redoubling its efforts to move beyond a big trading loss following a resounding shareholder endorsement to keep Jamie Dimon as both chairman and chief of the bank. MORE

May. 21, 2013

A JPMorgan Chase shareholder resolution to split the chairman and chief executive roles became a referendum on Jamie Dimon himself. It was a test he easily passed. MORE

May. 19, 2013

If shareholders separate the jobs of chairman and chief executive — positions that Jamie Dimon has held since 2008 — it would signal a shift in the balance of power in corporate America. MORE

May. 15, 2013

In the midst of a closely watched investor vote on whether to separate the roles of chairman and chief executive at JPMorgan Chase, the firm providing tabulations of the vote stopped giving snapshots to the proposal’s sponsors. MORE

May. 14, 2013

As he wrestles with the fallout of a bungled trade, Jamie Dimon, the chief of JPMorgan Chase, has sought advice from a banker familiar with tumult: Lloyd C. Blankfein. MORE

May. 14, 2013

A proposal to separate the chairman and chief executive positions at JPMorgan Chase has turned into a backdoor referendum on Jamie Dimon. MORE

May. 13, 2013

It may not be popular to say, but the incontrovertible fact remains that JPMorgan Chase has remained one of the best-performing banks on Wall Street under Jamie Dimon. MORE

May. 12, 2013

Lee Raymond, JPMorgan Chase’s outspoken lead director, will be a major factor in its shareholder vote on Jamie Dimon’s role at the bank. MORE

May. 9, 2013

Op-Ed article by Prof Jeffrey A Sonnenfeld criticizes those who want to separate jobs of chairman and chief executive officer at banks, and attack Jamie Dimon for holding both positions at JPMorgan Chase; contends there is no evidence to suggest that anything would be gained by separating roles, which can even add to confusion over responsibilities and voice. MORE

May. 7, 2013

An obscure London firm may determine whether Jamie Dimon keeps his dual role as chief executive and chairman of JPMorgan Chase. MORE

May. 5, 2013

A shareholder advisory firm has recommended that investors withhold their support for three directors. MORE

May. 3, 2013

As the bank grapples with regulatory battles, some shareholders are taking public aim at individual directors who hold crucial positions on the bank’s audit and risk committees. MORE

Apr. 29, 2013

The turnover at the highest levels of the bank continues just weeks before a shareholder vote decides whether to split the roles of chairman and chief executive. MORE

Apr. 5, 2013

Board members are making an unusual effort to persuade investors that JPMorgan Chase’s chief, Jamie Dimon, should keep his chairman title amid fallout from a trading loss. MORE

Mar. 22, 2013

Rebuffing some investors, the 11-member board said that Mr. Dimon should continue to serve as both chief executive and chairman, as he has since 2006. MORE

Mar. 17, 2013

Some investors and board members have criticized Jamie Dimon as arrogant, but no serious threat to his power is expected. MORE

Feb. 27, 2013

Jun. 14, 2012

Editorial criticizes members of the Senate Banking Committee for their soft-ball treatment of JPMorgan Chase head Jamie Dimon during a hearing on the bank's massive trading loss; notes that Dimon appeared anything but contrite during the proceedings; contends that until lawmakers commit to tougher regulations on proprietary trading, the financial system will continue to be vulnerable to the hubris and recklessness of big banking. MORE

May. 17, 2012

Editorial scores Jamie Dimon and his co-executives at JPMorgan Chase for continuing to push for weakened form of the Volcker Rule, which is meant to bar banks from making risky trades with their own capital; argues bank's $2 billion loss leaves no doubt that regulators must shore up the Volcker Rule so that it strictly limits such hedging. MORE

May. 16, 2012

Maureen Dowd Op-Ed column submits JPMorgan Chase head Jamie Dimon has gone from being the great defender against tougher bank regulations to being the shining example of why still tougher regulations may be needed, in light of bank's $2 billion trading blunder. MORE

May. 13, 2012

Gretchen Morgenson Fair Game column contends the $2 billion trading loss disclosed by JPMorgan Chase shows how the tables have turned on the bank and its chief executive Jamie Dimon, an industry point man against tighter regulation; points out the loss comes just a month after a private dinner party at which he assailed Paul Volcker and Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas president Richard W Fisher, who have pushed for policies that would make banks like JPMorgan smaller and less risky. MORE

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